California Likely to Remain a Blue State? Please God, No

It's Election Day, November 2, 2010. With many polls stating that the House will change to Republican rule, and the Senate will be a close call, you would think that America is just about ready to lean to the right. But as far as I can tell, California isn't going with that trend. One friend of mine says, "Thank God California is likely to remain a Blue State".
Really?
California has been a Blue state for, what, 30 years? 40 years? How's it working out?
Are our schools doing well? We're ranked 44th in science scores, 47th in math scores, 50th in reading scores for the most recent data available! (National Center for Education Statistics)
Is employment up? We're rated 49th at 12.4% unemployment. (Bureau of Labor for September 2010.)
Are businesses flocking to the state because they know they can do well here? (I'm talking about businesses ...that HIRE people).
Not even Hollywood want to be in California anymore. Movies are made everywhere BUT California! Other businesses are moving to Texas, Georgia, and any place that makes it look attractive to an entrepreneur.
How's our cost of living compared to other states? Property tax is high. Income tax is high. Gasoline costs more here. If you are in the private sector, you're lucky to make 60% of what your California State employee makes, and you have to contribute to your own 401K or IRA plan if you even want to think about retiring some day.
When you travel to those other states, do people ask you about how can you live in California with that "Crazy San Francisco?" and your F'ed up mortgage payments?
If you're one of the "chosen ones" working for the state, you're sitting in the Cat Bird Seat, waiting for that last raise, so you can retire and sit out your golden years with up to 90% of your salary from the last year that you worked. This while Joe Public works a few extra years to collect Social Security and keeps you in beer money. I guess its a good place to be if you're a "Public Servant". (Seems like a misnomer, "Public Servant". Public Sponge, maybe. Union Dog more likely. Over Paid Lucky Bastard, definitely.)
Thank God California is likely to remain a Blue State? Are you kidding me? We'll be lucky if the rest of the county doesn't boot us out of their club.
On this Election Day, Nov 2, 2010, I choose Red. I choose Capitalism, Free Market, Sanity.I choose Tea Party. I choose Republican. I choose moral standards, lower taxes, incentives for hard work, creativity, invention, and education. I choose to compete with the rest of the country and the world. 
Come on, California. It's not a dream to be a Blue State. Its a nightmare, and its time to wake up and live in the Real World where the Adults are in charge.